Rollo

E20829

Viking leader founder of dynasty human ruler

Rollo was a Viking leader who became the first ruler of Normandy, laying the foundations for the Norman people and their later influence in European history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rollo canonical	31
Rollo of Normandy	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Viking leader ⓘ founder of dynasty ⓘ human ⓘ ruler ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hrólfr ⓘ surface form: Hrolf Hrólfr ⓘ Hrólfr ⓘ surface form: Hrólfr Ragnvaldsson Rollo ⓘ surface form: Rollo of Normandy Rolf ⓘ surface form: Rollo the Walker
ancestorOf	William the Conqueror ⓘ
approximateBirthDate	c. 860 ⓘ
approximateDeathDate	c. 930 ⓘ
birthPlace	Scandinavia ⓘ
child	Gerloc ⓘ William Longsword ⓘ
convertedFrom	Norse paganism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Normandy ⓘ
culture	Norman ⓘ Viking ⓘ
ethnicity	Norse ⓘ
founded	House of Normandy ⓘ House of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Norman dynasty
historicalRegion	Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: West Francia
influenced	Norman expansion into England ⓘ development of Norman identity ⓘ
languageSpoken	Old French ⓘ Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
name	Rollo self-link ⓘ
notableFor	Viking raids in West Francia ⓘ being the first ruler of Normandy ⓘ founding the Norman principality in northern France ⓘ laying the foundations of the Norman people ⓘ
occupation	duke ⓘ military leader ⓘ warrior ⓘ
positionHeld	Count of Rouen ⓘ ruler of Normandy ⓘ
receivedTerritory	lands around Rouen ⓘ part of Neustria ⓘ
regionRuled	Normandy ⓘ Rouen ⓘ
relative	William the Conqueror ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
signedWith	Charles the Simple ⓘ
significantEvent	Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte ⓘ
spouse	Poppa of Bayeux ⓘ
successor	William Longsword ⓘ
timePeriod	10th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Normans → foundedBy → Rollo ⓘ

Normans → firstRuler → Rollo ⓘ

Duke of Normandy → firstHolder → Rollo ⓘ

Rollo → name → Rollo self-link ⓘ

Rollo → alsoKnownAs → Rollo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rollo of Normandy

Normandy → duchyFoundedBy → Rollo ⓘ

Francis Albert Rollo Russell → givenName → Rollo ⓘ

Rolf → hasVariant → Rollo ⓘ

Hrólfr → alsoKnownAs → Rollo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rollo of Normandy

Count of Rouen → hasHolder → Rollo ⓘ

Count of Rouen → firstHolder → Rollo ⓘ

Gerloc → father → Rollo ⓘ

Gerloc → relative → Rollo ⓘ

medieval Duchy of Normandy → founder → Rollo ⓘ

subject surface form: Duchy of Normandy

medieval Duchy of Normandy → firstRuler → Rollo ⓘ

subject surface form: Duchy of Normandy

Poppa of Bayeux → spouseOrPartner → Rollo ⓘ

Poppa of Bayeux → relative → Rollo ⓘ

William Longsword → father → Rollo ⓘ

William Longsword → predecessor → Rollo ⓘ

Charles the Simple → associatedWith → Rollo ⓘ

Charles the Simple → grantedTitleTo → Rollo ⓘ

Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → signatory → Rollo ⓘ

Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → grantedTo → Rollo ⓘ

Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → associatedWith → Rollo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rollo of Normandy

Nightlife → producer → Rollo ⓘ

Duchy of Normandy → foundedBy → Rollo ⓘ

Duchy of Normandy → firstRuler → Rollo ⓘ

Roman de Rou → mentions → Rollo ⓘ

Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → signatory → Rollo ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte

Primula Rollo → familyName → Rollo ⓘ

later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) → opponentCommander → Rollo ⓘ

Rollo Lee → hasFirstName → Rollo ⓘ

Betty → hasTrack → Rollo ⓘ